Digital Media, Sharing and Everyday Life (Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture)

Digital Media, Sharing And Everyday Life Provides Nuanced Accounts Of The Processes Of Sharing In Digital Culture And The Complexities That Arise In Them. The Book Explores Definitions Of Sharing, And The Roles That Our Digital Devices And The Platforms We Use Play In These Practices. Drawing Upon Practice Theory To Outline A Theoretical Framework Of Sharing Practice, The Book Emphasizes The Need For A Coherent And Consistent Framework Of Sharing In Digital Culture And Explains What This Framework Might Look Like. With Insightful Descriptions, The Book Draws Out The Relationship Of Sharing To Privacy And Control, The Labored Strategies And Boundaries Of Reciprocation, And Our Relationships With The Technologies Which Mediate Sharing Practices. The Volume Is An Essential Read For Researchers, Postgraduate And Undergraduate Students In Media And Communication, New Media, Sociology, Internet Studies, And Cultural Studies. Es, And Cultural Studies. Digital Media, Sharing and Everyday Life provides nuanced accounts of the processes of sharing in digital culture and the complexities that arise in them. The book explores definitions of sharing, and the roles that our digital devices and the platforms we use play in these practices. Drawing on practice theory to outline a theoretical framework of sharing practice, the book emphasizes the need for a coherent and consistent framework for sharing in digital culture and explains what this framework might look like. With insightful descriptions, the book draws out the relationship of sharing to privacy and control, the labored strategies and boundaries of reciprocation and our relationships with the technologies which mediate sharing practices. The volume is an essential read for researchers, postgraduate and undergraduate students in Media and Communication, New Media, Sociology, Internet Studies, and Cultural Studies. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Page 3 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of Illustrations 7 Acknowledgements 8 Introduction 10 SECTION 1 18 1 Pervasive Narratives of Sharing in Digital Culture 20 2 Theories of Sharing 29 3 Practice-Centred Approaches to Sharing 44 SECTION 2 66 4 Boundaries of Disclosure 68 5 Reciprocity and Other Labours 96 6 Intimate Technologies 120 Index 143 "Digital Media, Sharing and Everyday Life provides nuanced accounts of the processes of sharing in digital culture and the complexities that arise in them. The book explores definitions of sharing, and the roles that our digital devices and the platforms we use play in these practices. Drawing upon practice theory to outline a theoretical framework of sharing practice, the book emphasizes the need for a coherent and consistent framework of sharing in digital culture and explains what this framework might look like. With insightful descriptions, the book draws out the relationship of sharing to privacy and control, the labored strategies and boundaries of reciprocation, and our relationships with the technologies which mediate sharing practices. The volume is an essential read for researchers, postgraduate and undergraduate students in Media and Communication, New Media, Sociology, Internet Studies, and Cultural Studies."-- Provided by publisher "Digital Media, Sharing and Everyday Life provides nuanced accounts of the processes of sharing in digital culture and the complexities that arise in them. The book explores definitions of sharing, and the roles that our digital devices and the platforms we use play in these practices. Drawing upon practice theory to outline a theoretical framework of sharing practice, the book emphasizes the need for a coherent and consistent framework of sharing in digital culture and explains what this framework might look like. With insightful descriptions, the book draws out the relationship of sharing to privacy and control, the labored strategies and boundaries of reciprocation, and our relationships with the technologies which mediate sharing practices. The volume is an essential read for researchers, postgraduate and undergraduate students in Media and Communication, New Media, Sociology, Internet Studies, and Cultural Studies"-- Page [i].